ES - yeah, the mutineers are at the helm, the rudder's broken, and there's a storm blowing, but hold fast to the ballot box, the newspaper, and library. We'll chase 'em off with bright light (like the crew of the Black Pearl!) and ride this thing out. We've got to. We grew up believing that it's right to tell the truth, and we'll keep telling it. Even if half the crew went drunk and soft a generation ago, the castaways we've picked up along the route can haul on a rope and climb the rigging as well as we ever could, and this ship is still afloat.

Love, Columbine (unabashed Patrick O'Brian fan)